Which Is the Smallest Rational Number?

James H. Sterling
James H. Sterling
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0 Is the Smallest Rational Number. . Similarly, How Do You Find the Smallest Rational Number? Thus, for Any Rational Number, Ab a B, Between 0 and 1, Ab+1 a B...

Which Is the Smallest Rational Number?
0 is the smallest rational number.

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Similarly, how do you find the smallest rational number?

Thus, for any rational number, ab a b , between 0 and 1, ab+1 a b + 1 is smaller, and since b is positive, b + 1 must also be positive. Thus, for any rational number, ab a b , between 0 and 1, there always exists another rational number, ab+1 a b + 1 , between 0 and 1 that is smaller.

which is the smallest natural number? The smallest natural number is 1. The smallest whole number is 0.

Also to know is, is zero is the smallest rational number?

There are numbers behind(or to the left) of zero in the number line(negative rational numbers). Hence zero is not the smallest rational number. If you are considering the magnitude(or the absolute value) of a rational number, then YES it has the smallest magnitude in all of the rational numbers.

Which is the greatest rational number?

9/13 is the greatest rational no.

Related Question Answers

Is 0 a rational number?

Yes zero is a rational number. We know that the integer 0 can be written in any one of the following forms. For example, 0/1, 0/-1, 0/2, 0/-2, 0/3, 0/-3, 0/4, 0/-4 and so on ….. Thus, 0 can be written as, where a/b = 0, where a = 0 and b is any non-zero integer.

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Is every integer a rational number?

Every integer is a rational number, since each integer n can be written in the form n/1. For example 5 = 5/1 and thus 5 is a rational number. However, numbers like 1/2, 45454737/2424242, and -3/7 are also rational, since they are fractions whose numerator and denominator are integers.
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